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The last time I was there it was better than 90% of the Sydney facilities. Upgrades are always welcome. Did you go prawning? Are there any about? I was thinking about giving it a try, but thought I would check to make sure there are some there first. Cheers Greg

Is there a sign saying when the wharf will be replaced? How did you go with the prawning? Cheers Greg

We were right in the middle and a long way from the shoreline and there was no boat traffic at all. I was actually surprised he could cast that far. At first he was casting over our lines near the pylons, then he started aiming at the boat. We had already untangled his lure from our lines and gave it back to him. The next one hit the outboard tangled on the cables in the transom and my fishing buddie untangled it and gave it back to him. Then he started hitting the side of the boat. I had the knife ready to cut the next one off that landed in the boat or across our lines, but the Police asked us to move along. I was thinking about driving backwards and forwards in and out the pylons, but I was not going to sink to his level just for a little satisfaction. There were also guys fishing from above in the main channel, but they were on the eastern side of the bridge. Door Handle is a good way of describing him. Some mothers do have em Cheers Greg

We were anchored about 15m out from the bridge and in line with the pylon so we were not obstructing either of the main channels. Even if we were drifting, this guy would have still thrown his lure at the boat. He hit the side of the boat twice and hit the outboard on another occassion. It was also 11pm till midnight so there was hardly any boat traffic. Cheers Greg

I have read a lot of reports from members who fish and squid around the Spit Bridge. Do you drift or anchor? Are you allowed to anchor near the bridge? We anchored near the middle of the bridge 2 weeks ago between 11pm and midnight about 15m out from the wooden structure on the west side and we were drifting baits under the bridge and towards the structure. There was a land based guy tossing a chrome lure all the way to the middle. At first he tossed it across our lines and we untangled it and gave it back to him. He kept on tangling our lines and then started tossing it at our boat. Around midnight the Police turned up and told us we had to move. I can't believe this guy would even think to call the Police. We ended up moving on. Later on 3.00 - 4.00am, tailor were breaking up under the bridge and on the eastern side of the bridge and we kept our distance, however, other boats were anchoring, drifting and motoring in the main channels right under the bridge trying to catch the tailor and squid. Can anyone tell me the legalities of anchoring and fishing in this area. Where do you guys catch your squid? Is it around the bridge or further away? Cheers Greg

Sounds like a great time, even though the kings were undersized. Nice trevor, and they fight well for their size and are tasty to boot. At least the lost rigs were on good fish. I lost count of how many rigs we lost to leatherjackets on the weekend, even a knife jig. They are pests. Cheers Greg

Sounds like a top day. That was a wonderful way to get kids into fishing. Something that keeps them amused is when you turn the fish finder on and use fish symbols. It keeps them amused for hours trying to catch the fish that appear. Pity they didn't have 110 Fishraider stickers to give to them as it may have got the parents involved as well. Cheers Greg

Launched at Cooks River around 10pm and looked for some livies. Caught a 32cm Trevally off Moll Pt. Moved to the Oil Refinery wharf and small tailor were smashing up on the surface. Threw some SP at them and caught around 10 and a stonker yellow tail. Moved to Captain Cook bridge and anchored up overnight with the livies out hoping for something big, but no action. Because the tide changed, the boat moved around and tangled all the lines - the livies didn't help matters. Took an hour to untangle everything and decided to drift while sorting the mess out and re-rig for the Peak. Off San Souci the 15kg outfit with the livie buckles. After a 10 minute fight I pulled a 1m shark up to the side of the boat (spewin - hoping it was a jewie, kingie or monsta flattie). I reached over the side of the boat to chop him off and he must not have liked the evil look in my eye, or the knife. He thrashed about and won his freedom. Headed out to the Peak, but there was only pickers and leatheries biting our lines and jigs off, so we moved in closer. Moved around to a few different spots for zip. The other 2 guys were not feeling well, so I dropped a couple of lures over the side and trolled the headland from Maroubra back to the Bay. Landed a 72cm salmon and dropped another one. Something smashed one lure and took the lot. 2 lures soon grew to 2 lures and 2 skirts. Caught the salmon on a skirt. Trolled around the Kurnell headland and picked up a 66cm Kingie and a Sgt Baker (on the deeper diving lure). We must have dragged the stinky baker for a kilometer before we relised he was on, and by that stage he tangled the other lures. Anchored off one of the drums and lured a couple of kings out, but they kept teasing us and wouldn't take our livey, stick baits, or real bait. They kept following them up but wouldn't bite. The anchor was slipping and we got closer and closer to the drum, so we decided to leave. Do you think we could pull the anchor up !!! We couldn't even drive it off and ended up having to add some artificial reef. We headed back to the ramp and we got to within 1km of the ramp (along the 3rd runway) and ran out of petrol. I can't believe we went through 110 litres of fuel in the trip. The 225hp outboard is real thirsty when pushing a 5.8m fibreglass boat. Luckily we got a tow from a passer by. I was keeping an eye on the fuel and there was still an inch left in the bottom of the tank when we left the drum. The tank is about 4 ft long and with the angle of the boat there would have to have been around 15 litres in it. This thing guzzles the fuel. I'll have to find room to put another tank in or carry some jerry cans full. Most times we only use half a tank, but we don't go as far and don't do as much trolling, but with the green gills on board, it was either that or come in early. All in all, it was a great trip, and good to be on the water overnight. Nice and peaceful without the I might have to try Lake Illawarra (and outside) next time. Maybe I can catch a few prawns as well if they are running. Sorry, no pics. Cheers Greg

Congratulations Mike, what a beautiful fish. I love the colours. That'll feed you for a while!!! The barbie is at your place!!! Cheers Greg

Unless it is persisting down we are going to hit the harbour Saturday night to catch some livies and fish through Sunday. Looks like it won't be too good outside, so we will stay in the harbour. Cheers Greg

The more they are caught and released the smarter they get. They don't grow to be hoodlums if they are dumb and attack the first thing they see. You have to fish smarter and try different methods. Cheers Greg

If you go up to the point next to the house, there is a sand bar that gets washed over with the waves. My 7 yo son caught a nice flattie there one afternoon on a soft plastic using a $15 rod. We tried the jetty and got nothing and on the point we got the flattie within 15 minutes. Cheers Greg

That must be the star of that new movie "Rogue" That's a monsta flattie Cheers Greg

Nice flattie. They are even camouflaged on land. Cheers Greg

Mr Magoo, yooooouuuv done it again !!!!! Good work and lucky you were there to lend some help. I hope we don't all have to lose rods or sink our boats to get a cartoon done!!!! inhlanzi - you're a legend. Cheers Greg

Sureflo Exhaust Unit 4 Slater Rd (cnr Broadhurst Rd) Ingleburn, 2565 9829.3158 One of my Tradies left on Friday and another is on holidays. I have a fill in guy at the moment and I have another guy who will be in tomorrow (and every 2nd day for 2 weeks and he will start permanent on 1st December if he works out). This new guy is supposed to be a genius with a TIG welder, so it will be a good test for him. It will be nice to meet you in person. Cheers Greg

Hi Byron, We can MIG and TIG stainless steel and we have a plasma cutter and access to a guillotine. We are at Ingleburn, so we are close as well. Cheers Greg

Another top day out there with plenty of action. Great result

Well done Mako!!!

Nice work on the kings. To downsize your photos, select the image and right click with the mouse. Select edit. The picture will appear in another window in "Paint" Up the top is a menu option "Image" Click on this and go to "Stretch & Skew" You will need to experiment on the size as it depends on how many megapixels your camera is. The higher the megapixels, the larger the image and the more you have to shrink it. Start by changing the Horizontal & Vertical 100% figures to 30% and select OK. You must do both figures the same otherwise you will end up with a distorted picture. Go to the top menu and select "File" and "Save As" Change the file to jpeg as this is the smaller type file. Select the folder you want to put it in and change the name to what you want and hit "Save" I hope this helps Cheers Greg

Sounds like you had a good time out there with jewies and friends to keep you company. Cheers Greg

I'm not sure what sort of fishing you are going to do. When you are facing the river at the ramp, if you look to your left there is a shallow bay at Orient Point. There are shallow flats there where you can pump nippers. If you look at the houses above the sand flats, this is the Aboriginal settlement which looks out the mouth of the river, which may explain part of the previous post. Cheers Greg

When you are heading out to sea, the sand bar is on the left hand side against the breakwall. The channel is on the same side as the ramp on the headland/lighthouse side. If you stay on this side it is a safe passage out to sea. If it is low tide and there is a strong wind the bar can get rough, but you just have to pick a wave and ride it in. We used to go out in our 4.3m tinny and we saw guys in 12 foot tinnies out there. As with all boating, you just have to pick your days. Cheers Greg

The boat ramp is great and they have done lots of renovations there (sorry no pictures). There is a large carpark, 2 wide ramps (from memory) with a jetty in between, fish cleaning facilities, and toilets. There is also a sandy section where you can beach your boat while you are waiting, or tie it to the jetty. There is plenty of room to back your boat in and there is plenty of room to park the boat while you tie it down. It does get busy at Christmas though and they have provided extra parking areas for cars only. There is also a small boat ramp at the back of Orient Point with no facilities (last time I was down there) that is not very busy as it isn't as well known. It is very sheltered as it is between the island and Orient Point and you come out in the Crookhaven River opposite Greenwell Point. Cheers Greg

Beautiful fish, no wonder you have a smile on your clock!!! Cheers Greg